Collar-protector



W. H, NGRTH. coLLA-nfRoTscToR. APPLICATION FIL-ED JULY 12. l9l8 Patented Allg. 16, 1921.

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Witwe/oa @o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HAMILTON NORTH,

OF CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND.

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1,388,056. Application viled July 12,

ksion of a strip of suitable material having means whereby the same may be easily and quickly attached to a coat, inward of the collar thereof to prevent a coat collar contacting with a linen collar and soiling the same.

A; further object of the invention is to produce a device ofL this character which 'shall be of an extremely simple construction, which may be cheaply manufactured, easily attached or detached, and which will perform its functions with surety.

I accomplish the foregoing` `objects and others by a construction, a satisfactory exemplification of which is illustrated by the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view of the upper portion of a coat with the improvementl applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective viewV of the im-` provement.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 4--4 of Fig. V1.

Mv improved collar protector is construct- Yed from a single strip 1 of suitable material, such las celluloid,` the'` same being of ar strength and resiliency suicient not only to protect a linen collar but also to hold the coat collar in proper shape. The strip 1 has both its upper and lower edges, from itsk center parallel and. approximately straight for a determined distance and from thence the said edges are gradually rounded downward. These downwardlvrounded ends are indicated by the numeral 2, and the shape of the stripv is such thatlit conforms to the shape of the upper portion of the coat 3, at

the' collar line thereof. The strip is cen Specication of Letters Patent.y Patented Aug. l 16T, '1921,

191s. serial No. 244,595.

- trally provided with around opening L.tand

through this .opening is, adapted to be passed the bifurcated shank 5 of a ,headed member 6, the head of the saidmember contacting with the inner face of the strip 1. yThe shank 5 is preferably constructed of spring wlre, the size of Vwhich being comparatively small so that the same will inflict no injury tothe coat when the same is passed thereJ through, the prongs of theshank being hidden by the collar of the coat. In a like 60' manner bifurcated Shanks of similar headed members may be passed through round openings 7 and 8, arranged in spaced relation to the opposite side of the central opening, but if desired, and as illustrated in 5 of thev drawings, the said strip maybe slotted as at 94 in onedirection from 'the last mentioned openings 7 and 8 so that in reality the strip is provided at its downturned ends and mediallv between its said ends and its center with buttonhole openings, and these buttonhole openingsy are engaged with buttons which are; stitched 'to the coat 3.

The strip is held, bv securing means against simplicity and advantages of the construc-k tion will be apparent.

Having thus described the` invention,

what I claim is:

y e In combination with the collar of a coat. of a combined. stiifening member for said 'coatcollar and a protector member fora 'linen collar that is normally contacted by the coat collar. said protector comprising a strip of Celluloid havingboth its upper and rlower edges from its center parallel for a `determined distance and having its said edges from thence graduallyrounded downwardlv to the ends of the strip and the said ends being of a yless width than the remainder of the said strip` and bendable prongs carried by the strip for removably securing the strip to a coat collar.

In testimony whereof I raffix my signature.

- WILLIAM HAMILTON NORTH. l 

